The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-06-24
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vICTORIA'S REIGN.


and churches, and reviews of troops.
vICTORIA'S REIGN.
Victoria, by the grace of God, of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire
land, Queen, defender of the faith, Empress
of india was born at Kensington Palace, Lon
Non, May "a, 1919; assembled the throne at the
decease of her uncle, King William ", June
90, 1887; was crowned in Westminster Abbey
June 28, 1888, and proclaimed Empress of India
at Delhi January /, 1877. The Queen married
February 10, 1910, Fl. R. H. Prince Francis
Albert Augustus Charles Emmanuel, Prince
Consort, who died at Windsor Castle December
IA, 1861.
OF this marriage there were born Victoria,
married to the Crown Prince of Prussia; Al
bert Edward, Prince of Wales, married to the
Princess Alexandra, daughter of the King of
Denmark; Princess Alice, married to
Prince Louis of Hess, and now
dead; Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburg,
married to the daughter of the
late Gar of Russia; Princess Helena, married
to Prince Christian; Prince Arthur, Duke of
Connaught, married to German Princess;
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (now dead),
married to the Princess of Waldeck Pymont,
and Princess Beatrice, married to Prince
Henry of Battenberg.
The principal palaces of the Queen are Buck
ingham Palace, ST. James Palace, and Ken
sington Palace, in London; Windsor Castle,
situated some distance from London, and Os-
borne House, seaside residence in the Isle of
Wight.
The chief events of Queen victoria's reign
are:
1889 and 1949.-The chartist riots.
1S40.-Jan. 10, Introduction of the penny
post
1S3S.-Frst Afghan war. Dost Mohammed
had usurped the Afghan throne, and a force
was sent to Cabul to depose him and replace
Shah-Soojah The British were defeated, and
of 1850 soldiers and 12,G00 camp-followers be-
sides women and children, but one human be-
ing--Dr. Brydone-returned alive. new army
was sent, under General Pollack, and English
prestige was restored.
1844-49-War with the Silzhs and incor-
poration of the Punjaub. ] titles of Moodkee,
FeroEebad, Ahival, Soh4don, Kamnuggur,
Chillanwalla and Geogerat About this time
the valuable diamond called the Koh-i-noor
was surrendered to the British crown.
1841.-The Melbourne ministry became too
weak to carry on the Government; the princi-
pies Of free trade found such acceptance in the
country that they were compelled to resign the
reins, which were taken up by the Duke of
Wellington and Sir Robert Peel 1t was during
this ministry that the bill for the repeal of the
corn laws was carried, consequent upon the
famine in Ireland in 1916. Sir Robert Peel then
resigned office.
1843.-Agitation in Ireland under O'Conneu
for \ repeal of the union.
1348.-Insurrection in Tipperary.
142.-"Opium war with China. Hong Kong
coded to England; Canton, Annoy, Foo-Choo,
Ningpo and Shanghai made open ports.
1S45-47.-Great famine in Ireland.
1850. 1.-The Pope appoints Roman Catholic
hierarchy with territorial titles bill passed for
bidding such titles as illegal.
1851.-The great exhibition in London.
1S54.-The Crimean war declared, 26th March,
and closed by the battle of Kars. Peace
signed on the 30th of March, 1856.
1S56-Abolition of the power of the East In
da Company for the better government of
Hindostan. Jews admitted into Parliament.
Indian mutiny breaks out at Merut; Cawnpore
massacer; sieges of Lucknow and Delhi.
1856-War with China for outrage on mer
chairman. Treaty of peace of Tien-Tsin con-
cluded in 1853 but in 1859 second outrage re-
news hostilities. Treaty of peace ratified at
Pekin, 1850, after the storming of the Taku
forts
1S59.-Formation Of the volunteer force.
1861.-The Trent affair; 1871, treaty of Wash
ipgton; 1872, court of arbitration over the Ala
bama claims at Geneva.
1S62-63.-The cotton famine.
1S65-66.-Attempted Fenian insurrection in
Ireland put down by Lord Wodehouse. Wall
of Clerkenwell prison, London. blown up.
1ST-Jan the church establishment in Ire
land ceases to exist.
1372.-The ballot act
1S79.-Death of Prince Imperial Louis Ma
poleon in Zululand. War with Cetewayo; bat
tie of Ulundi; massacre of British troops at
Isandhlwana.
ashland League troubles in ireland.
1SS1.-War with the Beers in the Transvaal.
British defeat at Majuba hill.
1S02-Arrest of Parnell Sexton, O'Kelly and
Dillon for undue agitation in connection with
the Land League. Assassination of Lord Fred
erick Cavendish and Mr.. Thomas Burke in
Phoenix park, Dublin. Married Women's
Property act passed. Egyptian war against
Arab Bey. Bombardment of Alexandria and
battle of Telel-Kebir.
16S3.-Conviction of the Phoenix Park assas-
SINS War in the Soudan against Mahomet
Achmet, Ell Mahdi. Hicks Pasha and 10000
men beaten and massacred at Ell Obeid Bat
ties of Ell Teb and Tamanieh.
1SS4.-Soudan war renewed; 1885, battle of
Abu Klea.
1s85.-Death of General Chinese Gordon at
Khartoum.
1SS5.-Louis Riel's instruction in the Cana
dian Northwest. Annexation of Burmah, King
Theebau deposed.
1SS6.-Jan. 81 the Queen opens Parliament.
Home rule the feature of the session. Second
reading of the bill defeated. In July Gladstone
appeals to the country, is defeated, and sue
ceeded by Lord Salisbury.
Besides Great Britain and Ireland the British
colonies are as follows: The Indian empire,
Burmah, Alden, Socotra, Ceylon, Hong Kong,
Labuan British North Borneo the Straits set
Elements, comprising Singapore, Penang, Prov
1nce Wellesley, the Dendings and Melacca; Cy-
prus, the dominion of Canada, Newfoundland,
British Guiana, British Honduras, the five colo
MES of Australia, as follows: New South Wales,
Victoria, Queensland, South Australia and
Western Australia; New Guinea, New Zealand,
Tasmania, the Fiji Islands, Port Hamilton, the
West Indies. which include Jamaica, Trinidad,
Turks and CsScos Islands, the Leeward Islands,
Antigua and Barbuda; Montserrat, ST. Kits,
Angulla, Dominica, the Virgin Islands, the
Windward Islands, consisting of st. Vincent,
Grenada, Tobaga and st. Lucia: the Bahamas.
Barbados, the Bermudas, the Cape Of Good
Hope. the colony Of Natal, Mauritius, Sierra
Leone, Gambia, the Gold Coast colony, Ascen-
SION the Falkland Islands, South Georgia. st.
Helene, Gibraltar, the Chanael Islands, Heligo-